Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Croom Acres, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Croom Acres and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Croom Acres

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Croom Acres:
  • 38.760671, -76.745524
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Croom Acres

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Prince George's County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Prince George's County
  • Since Croom Acres is near Anne Arundel County and also Calvert County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Anne Arundel County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Calvert County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Croom Acres

Curious and Interesting Names Near Croom Acres ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Cedarwood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
  • Cedarwood is located in Calvert County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedarwood
• Fairgreen
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
  • Fairgreen is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairgreen
• Green Landing
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Green Landing is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Landing
• Hollaway Estates
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
  • Hollaway Estates is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hollaway Estates
• Iron Pot Landing
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Iron Pot Landing is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Iron Pot Landing
• Land Tree
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Land Tree is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Land Tree
• Leon
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
  • Leon is located in Anne Arundel County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leon
• Maryvale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Maryvale is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryvale
• Queensland
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Queensland is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Queensland
• Sunrise Hills
  (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunrise Hills is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunrise Hills
• Windy Oaks
  (Less than 2 miles to the west)
  • Windy Oaks is located in Prince George's County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Windy Oaks

How Far From Croom Acres to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Croom Acres to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Croom Acres and extending to:

• Upper Marlboro, which is the Seat of Prince George's County, lies just to the North.
• Annapolis, which is the State Capital of Maryland, lies 20 miles [32.2 km]<1> to the northeast (NE). If you could walk a straight line from Croom Acres to Annapolis, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take most of a day.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 18 miles [29 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take five to six hours and walking would take just over a day.
• The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,891 miles [9,480.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<4>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,595 miles [10,613.6 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,472 miles [7,197 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>'